She was clearly a        customer at Scott' s, as she told the waiter that she would stick to her favorite．

A．casual            B．common          C．regular           D．ordinary

The Best of Friends

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. ”I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A. They worry about school

B. They dislike living with their parents

C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

D. They quarrel a lot with other family members

The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

A. share family responsibility      B. cause trouble in their families

C. go boating with their family     D. make family decisions

Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents___.

A. go to clubs more often with their children 

B. are much stricter with their children

C. care less about their children’s life      

D. give their children more freedom

According to the authour,teenage rebellion____.

A. may be a false belief            B. is common nowadays

C. existed only in the 1960s         D. resulted from changes in families

What is the passage mainly about?

A. Negotiation in family         B. Education in family

C. Harmony in family           D. Teenage trouble in family

The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the __36 __ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had __37 __ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.

The driver, Mr. white, __38 __ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against  __39 __. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the __40 __. From the back of the __41 __the parents were shouting at him to __ 42__, since Ally had almost stopped __43 __. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to __ 44__, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking __45 __his left and right as he did so.

Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows __46__, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not __47 __the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight __48 __into the path of the ambulance.

Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see __ 49__little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief instead of __50 __on the faces of the parents.

“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is __51 __ again.”

“It must have been the ___52 __.” said her husband. “It __53 __ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to __54 __ , and she was crying in a loud but healthy __55 __.

They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.

1.                A．worried        B．angry          C．happy    D．surprised

2.                A．little           B．some           C．no   D．few

3.                A．opened on      B．turned on       C．turned off D．sped up

4.                A．police          B．life            C．lights D．time

5.                A．empty street     B．busy traffic      C．large crowds   D．deserted place

6.                A．street          B．cars            C．traffic    D．ambulance

7.                A．hurry          B．slow           C．stop D．drive

8.                A．breathing       B．looking         C．whispering    D．talking

9.                A．think           B．ignore          C．lose D．miss

10.               A．at             B．from           C．forward   D．to

11.               A．open          B．clean          C．up   D．down

12.               A．hear           B．see            C．find  D．notice

13.               A．away          B．on            C．off   D．out

14.               A．how           B．what           C．where D．who

15.               A．pleasure        B．anger          C．fear  D．surprise

16.               A．crying          B．breathing       C．smiling    D．speaking

17.               A．light           B．policeman      C．car   D．crash

18.               A．took           B．picked         C．knocked   D．made

19.               A．usual          B．common        C．ordinary   D．normal

20.               A．sound          B．voice          C．tone  D．noise

Does this sound familiar? It’s 3:00 am and you’re still awake and staring at the clock. You can’t sleep , and you’ve already tried all the familiar tricks – taken a warm bath , drunk a glass of heated milk ,tried counting sheep, and read a book –all with no success. If you are such a sufferer, remember you’re not alone. Experts said that one in every four Americans have trouble falling or staying asleep.

Lack of sleep can hurt your quality of life in so many ways. Short temper, impatience, poor decision-making, and mood swings are common among those with sleeping problems. Besides, relationships with family, friends, and co-workers may suffer as a result. Improper sleep can also put your safety at risk by reducing your awareness.

When you’re awake in the middle of the night, you can start to feel desperate for a way out . However, it makes sense to weigh the available treatments before choosing the one that’s right for you. Other sleep aids may seem like a quick fix, but it turns out that there are many disadvantages of these drugs. For one thing, they may require expensive, time-consuming trips to your physician. They may also be habit-forming or have unpleasant side effects like dizziness( 眩晕) dry mouth, and next-day sleepiness. Plus , they become less effective over time.

So what is the best sleep aid available on the market today? The answer is Somnapure , a product that represents nature and science coming together. This all-natural sleep aid which comes from Peak Life allows you to fall asleep quickly and remain asleep through the night . With Somnapure, you wake up feeling refreshed and energetic. Somnapure is currently giving away a 14-day trial here. Get your Somnapure trial for better, deeper sleep that you deserve.

1.From paragraph 1, we can know that sleep problems are_______.

2.The underlined words“ a quick fix”(in paragraph3)most probably means____.

3.The purpose of the passage is to _______.

4.We can infer that the passage is probably immediately followed by information about ______.

The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to  36  the sweat off  my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“  37  can’t it rain?” I thought. That would  38  things down.

I thought about my  39  , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned  40  right now. I’d had some problems in school,   41 my parents decided to let me  42  full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken  43  of a maintenance（道路养护）company. It was up to us to keep the roads  44  of rubbish. The job was 45  and dirty, especially on hot days  46  this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.

We continued our  47  route along the I-595,  48  for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some  49  were broken on the ground. It wasn’t like that before.

“Dad! Pull over! I want to  50  something out.”

I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to  51  …there wasn’t much time.  52  I saw a Toyota that  53  upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  54  there, I thought. Then, just at that  55  , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window!

“Help!” a lady moaned.

1.                A．wipe           B．cut            C．put  D．send

2.                A．When          B．How           C．Why D．Where

3.                A．turn           B．keep           C．make D．cool

4.                A．parents         B．school-times     C．friends   D．school yards

5.                A．office          B．classroom       C．restaurant D．living room

6.                A．but            B．or             C．for  D．so

7.                A．work           B．study           C．stay  D．spend

8.                A．business        B．possession      C．position  D．place

9.                A．away           B．from           C．far  D．clear

10.               A．easy           B．lonely          C．smelly D．noisy

11.               A．for            B．like            C．after  D．as

12.               A．regular         B．common        C．unusual   D．normal

13.               A．reaching        B．going          C．looking    D．heading

14.               A．cars           B．bottles         C．branches  D．glasses

15.               A．check          B．help           C．take  D．bring

16.               A．decide         B．hurry          C．consider   D．stop

17.               A．Above         B．Behind         C．Ahead D．Below

18.               A．hung          B．trapped        C．caught    D．fell

19.               A．stored         B．deserted       C．lost   D．hid

20.               A．bridge         B．tree           C．moment   D．way